Who’s the courtside dingus who stood up and caught that ball with .6 left? Sit TF down, this ain’t a high school game.
If the fan caught it with .6 on the clock. Why did the stripes only put .3 from .1.
Keep your stick on the ice...
That ugly white boy from Twin Cities is pretty f-cking good!
Tuff loss. Too many turnovers. MN curse
Very disappointing. Many factors, but we need a younger, better point guard next season.
MN born player daggers us as usual.
TWolves a .500 team at all all star break.
OKC simply better team, proved it tonight. Yeah, I’m Bitter! lol Only 16 points from ANT…WFT?
Yeah, if you're going for next-level superstar, that's not the way to do it.WTF Ant? 3 bad plays in a row!
If he made three good plays in a row there, Wolves probably win.
As soon as he figures out how to run into someone and throw the ball up when he’s bumbling and stumbling he’ll go to the line 40 times a night and be the MVP.
Ant is shooting better from mid-range during the postseason than he did regular season and is taking more attempts from there (as a percentage share) than during the regular season. He's also shooting higher splits across the board than he did in the regular season (he's shooting 43% from midrange in the postseason). This hype of Ant playing poorly is so overanalyzed. His point on that he is 23 is the takeaway. He has a better understanding than so many people give him credit for because this is what Finch wants him to do (read the defense and you facilitate when they pack and rely on your teammates). It's also the same thing people crucified Lebron for forever (such as passing a late shot to a wide open guy).
When guys are shooting it well, he should keep feeding that, not take it away from them to "get his". There's a reason KD is his favorite player. Citing SGA as a good example of what to do (shoot contested midrange 2s) in postseason is about the exact opposite of what I'd want to tell Ant. OKC won last night because their role guys drilled 3s and Williams went off (with SGAs passing being the more important part). Going 13/30 is going to get you beat most nights. There are times when games call for you to try to takeover. In all honesty the times he shot it in the 4th (aside from the 3 with 29 seconds left where he's trying to hit one before the shot clock gets under 24) were out of the flow of the offense multiple times.
My bigger gripe for Ant is he sits around off the ball and doesn't involve himself in the action (nor does Finch seem to run pindowns and screens for him often enough).
My untrained NBA mind gripe with Ant is that he's seemed less forceful going to the hoop, and has seemed hesitant in spots where instead of attacking the rim when there was an opening he passed it off with less than stellar results. Again my untrained eye thinks he's nursing an unnamed ailment.
Beyond that I lead the analysis to others and just tried to watch some games in actual prime time (instead of now watching at 9 a.m. if I'm awake) while I was home for a visit.
Promised both sons (who actually follow the team/league) if the Wolves get another home game I'll get them tickets if the price isn't insane. I leave buying them tickets for actual relatively insane pricing markups for Gophers sports. 😆
My untrained NBA mind gripe with Ant is that he's seemed less forceful going to the hoop, and has seemed hesitant in spots where instead of attacking the rim when there was an opening he passed it off with less than stellar results. Again my untrained eye thinks he's nursing an unnamed ailment.
Beyond that I lead the analysis to others and just tried to watch some games in actual prime time (instead of now watching at 9 a.m. if I'm awake) while I was home for a visit.
Promised both sons (who actually follow the team/league) if the Wolves get another home game I'll get them tickets if the price isn't insane. I leave buying them tickets for actual relatively insane pricing markups for Gophers sports. 😆
i think he's thinking more than he usually does in trying to read and make the right play on the way to the hoop more than during a regular season game. some of that is the thunder paint packing with good guys who can shot block and strip you on the way and some i think is playoff pressure. there's a reason the thunder had the best defense in the league all year (by almost 3 points, which is crazy)
It ain’t over till it’s over but they got their work cut out. Hoping they find that level again from game 3 but if not I’m gonna go down with the ship. Till then though, let’s f’n goooooo!!!!!!!!
Gotta hit open shots! So FRUSTRATING McDaniel can’t hit the BROAD SIDE of a barn door! Unreal! 🤬
Quite the display of garbage ball handling so far
Everything going wrong and body language says a lot.
Woodmutts are determined to remove any hint of drama tonight.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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I don’t know Jack about 🏀 but why are the Wolves NOT setting screens to get ANT & Randle open SHOTS early! Why is Jayden taking & missing 5 shots in a row? Why is Connolly jacking up shots & missing? Where’s the coaching by Finch? Utterly patheticly embarrassing 1st Qtr!Quite the display of garbage ball handling so far
it’s been real, this sucks
Just bench Randle he is stinkin’ it up
I don’t know Jack about 🏀 but why are the Wolves NOT setting screens to get ANT & Randle open SHOTS early! Why is Jayden taking & missing 5 shots in a row? Why is Connolly jacking up shots & missing? Where’s the coaching by Finch? Utterly patheticly embarrassing 1st Qtr!Quite the display of garbage ball handling so far
OKC is shooting 58% the Wolves are at 28% not much coaching can do about that
Well that frees up my night
It almost makes me believe OKC was in cahoots with the league to at least get one more game out of the series by rolling over at Target Center.
Despite a 42 point win, the Wolves were never a threat in this series. Another bridesmaid performance for a Minnesota team.
What a gutless effort by the Wolves. Was a good season. & making WCF 2 years in a row is nothing to sneeze at. But this ending is beyond wretchedly disappointing!
Woof!!
If Indiana can play like that every game against OKC they might be able to make it interesting but it will be a force of wills as both teams try to force you out of your game with their aggression and deep benches.
This is like a Mike Tice statement by Thibbs after losing tonight. “We finished in the top 3” lol…no dumb ass, U finished in the top 4!
If Indiana can play like that every game against OKC they might be able to make it interesting but it will be a force of wills as both teams try to force you out of your game with their aggression and deep benches.
Series odds
OKC -700
Indiana +500
So, what night does the Wolves-Knicks third place series start?
I was recently informed by a GPLer that I'm related to Airey
Thibbs would be a prick to play for…that said…he certainly didn’t deserve to be fired after advancing to ECF. Total BS move by Knicks ownership & GM
Indiana does it again!!!! They have been the come back kids over and over again in the playoffs.
Tyrese Haliburton hits a jumper with 0.3 seconds left to win 111-110. It was their first lead of the game.
The Pacers trailed by 15 points in the 4th quarter.
WHAT THE HALI!!!!!!
Enormous win for IND putting OKC on notice….that arena is stunned. Big play by Carlisle to not call timeout on that last possession as it kept Dort off of Halliburton. I don’t think Halliburton is scoring that against Dort.
In the playoffs the Pacers have
20 point come back win against Milwaukee
20 point and 19 point come back wins against Cleveland
17 point come back win against NY Knicks
15 point come back win against OKC
Three words (?): Mission From God.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
I got two words for you: Steve Nash and Chris Paul, must see tv!
Went to bed early last night and even though I wasn’t watching the game, it look that OKC had the game in the bag. Saw the game winning shot this morning… WoW!!!
Keep your stick on the ice...
Haliburton with some epic sandbagging
Gotta love game 7 for all the marbles 🍻